Re: STOP THE EVIL AMERICAN GOVT MONSTERS, TERRORISTS and PSYCHOPATHS

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Won't that hurt the sale of your tin-foil suits though? I have it on good
authority that you make millions on them.
What's the name of your company again?...Paranoia Pantywaste?



"McGinn" <McGinn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:44da4562$0$23738$a8266bb1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| It's true. Dick Cheney and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) have agreed that
the
| government should be able to access Americans' conversations and emails
| without getting an individualized warrant. But that isn't all they're
after.
|
| Under the guise of responding to the NSA spying scandal, the Bush
| administration and its allies in Congress are actually pushing for new
ways
| to invade your privacy, with unprecedented and dangerous spying
legislation
| crafted under Dick Cheney's supervision.
|
| The bad news is, if these bills pass, our homes, cell phone records and
| email inboxes will be laid bare to new kinds of government spying that are
| currently completely illegal. The good news is that we have a chance to
stop
| these bills now, before White House pressure drives them to a speedy vote.
|
| This August you can help generate a public outcry that will make Congress
| think twice before they hand over even more power to the Bush
| administration. Call your member of Congress today, and get the word out
in
| your local community with a letter to the editor.
|
| This legislation is being characterized by some as "surveillance we can
live
| with," but the fact is it would vastly expand the government's power to
| search and spy on Americans without any judicial checks, including reading
| any email you send if the government does not know where all the
recipients
| are physically located.
|
| Don't be deceived by claims the Cheney-Specter bill restores judicial
| review. The legislation really tries to make warrants optional while
| allowing a secret court to rubber-stamp surveillance of Americans, without
| even knowing the names of Americans to be wiretapped or whether they've
done
| anything wrong. We are running advertisements and working with every
contact
| we have in the major news outlets to counteract the government's spin, but
| we need your help.
|
| If you've had enough of an administration that's proven itself grossly
| indifferent to the rule of law and the balance of power time and time
again,
| on issues from warrantless spying, to secret kidnapping, to the unlawful
| treatment of Guantanamo detainees, now is the time to say "NO MORE."
|
| Just last week, President Bush and Attorney General Gonzales were pushing
| Congress to rubber-stamp a new plan for military commissions at Guantanamo
| that would violate U.S. law and the Geneva conventions, flying in the face
| of the recent Supreme Court ruling striking down the entire Bush-sponsored
| system of detainee trials.
|
| Use the links above to learn more about the Cheney-backed proposals and
get
| involved during this critical month of action. You can help get out the
| truth about this bill and the dangers it poses.
|
| Throughout August, we'll be calling on you to help cut through the White
| House spin and tell Congress how toxic these bills are to our basic
| freedoms. They need to hear the wave of opposition while they're on their
| summer break. And we're counting on you to help turn the tide, by speaking
| out at home and online.
|
| Thank you for standing with us.
|
|